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Here are some of the radio-related toys I've been playing with
Alfa AWUS036ACH
- This has the right chipset for playing in the 12.5cm / 6cm bands
Baofeng UV-S9PLUS
- Who even knows what this is? It's not even a real
Baofeng
.
Diamond CX210
- Sometimes you gotta share an antenna
Diamond MR77
- Sometimes you want to take your stuff with you on the road
Diamond X-50N-ACS
- Radios are much less fun without a decent antenna
Flipper Zero
- Billed as the "Portable multi-tool for geeks" which also has some radio features
Fluke 77 Series 1
- Always need a good DMM. Got this as a gift when I was in High School and works like new
HackRF One
- If you need an SDR that can Tx just a smidge
Kenwood TM-V71A
- This is my main 2m / 70cm rig. Plenty of grunt for when my license lets me use more Tx power
Malahit DSP 2
- A great portable all-in-one SDR setup. I got the real one from Georgiy RX9CIM to support the developer instead of the copycats
MFJ-945E
- Antenna tuner that goes all the way up to the 6M band
MFJ-269D
- Antenna analyser that goes all the way up to UHF
Panasonic RF-3100
- My first ever radio! My Dad bought it for me brand new in 1984 and I've been hooked since.
Quansheng UV K5
- Bit of a
hackable
Baofeng replacement with an
active
dev
community
.
RadiaCode-101
- The fun doesn't have to stop at MHz ... this thing dials it up to YHz
Retevis RT3S
- Something to play with DMR
RTL-SDR V3
- I actually have several of these hooked up to Raspberry Pis doing various things
SDRPlay RSPdx
- An upgrade for my
OpenWebRX+
site
SignaLink USB
- The interface from my Kenwood to my computer and gateway to digital modes
Sola Electric 63-26-625-00
- Basically a
constant voltage transformer
which provides galvanically isolated and well regulated clean power to the shack
Stridsberg Engineering MCA204M/N
- VHF/UHF Receiver Multicoupler to allow multiple RX devices to use the same antenna
Tecsun MLA-30+
- Shortwave Loop Antenna 500kHz-30MHz High Gain Low Noise. This is Antenna B on the
SDRPlay RSPdx
for AM/SW.
ThumbDV
- A DVSI AMBE3000 Digital Voice Vocoder on a USB stick. This allows legal decoding of DMR/NXDN from an SDR.
Yaesu VX-7R
- 5W on 50/144/430 makes this incredibly versatile as an EDC radio
Yaesu VX-8GR
- A newer iteration of the VX series with built-in GPS and many APRS features. Tracking as
VK2NET-7
.
Uniden Bearcat BC100XLT
- My first scanner. Good for some light mischief back in the 80s/90s.
Uniden USDS100
- The latest and greatest in the line of Bearcat branded handheld radios. 10m-25cm, Digital / Analog, AM / FM, you name it.
Uniden SDS200
- The base/mobile version of the SDS100 which includes an ethernet port to
share on the web
(this is still under construction/test).
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